Author Topic: We got enemy dot radar back, but... (Read 405 times)

Furious · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2001, 12:59:00 AM »

500 ft is not a majic number. Any time you are below a radar's horizon it is unable to detect you. This is not as true with ELF (extremely low frequency) sets, as the longer wave length tends to bend with the earths curvature.

Obviously many things can affect this, such as atmospheric conditions, which can cause ducting and detection at lower alts at greater ranges.

F.

tofri at work · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2001, 06:35:00 AM »

Historic radar of the germans and americans
had a ranges up to 200 km under certain conditions.
The long range radar types had decimeter waves and gave a rough and inaccurate picture of the incoming cons. It is comparable to AH's sector bars.
The short range systems like Wuerzburg had an effective range about 60km, but gave a precise picture of the situation.

I would like enemy dot radar 10miles around a field, and bar radar for the rest of the MA.

[ 10-11-2001: Message edited by: tofri at work ]

SKurj · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2001, 09:00:00 AM »

curvature of the earth... perhaps the 500ft represents the altitude at which overlapping stations could not "see"

just a thot

SKurj

Eagler · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2001, 09:06:00 AM »

dots on bombers only .. turn it off for ftrs

TAC has a good suggestion

between totally off and what we have now, I'm for totally off.